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With her

"No one knows what this is supposed to look like"

With her

Hillary Clinton

News

3.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Before boarding a flight, Nick Merrill, Hillary Clinton's traveling press secretary, talks to Max about the role of press, questions of authenticity, and how Hillary has changed during the race. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

How many plane flights do you think you've taken in 2016?

0:03.6

In 2016, you know, I've never thought about it, which is probably a coping mechanism.

0:10.6

At least two a day on average, there have been days where we haven't flown debate prep and the like but four five hundred I think I'm

0:20.2

Legitimately I think I'm becoming hard appearing as a result.

0:23.2

Okay, you should know that about me.

0:24.9

Well, hearing, that's not like something you need as a press secretary.

0:27.9

No, or as a 33-year-old, by the way.

0:30.5

But anyway, I'm sure I'll recover.

0:32.3

That's a lot of plane flights. That's a lot of plane flights.

0:34.0

It's maybe even too many plane flights.

0:36.0

I think it's too many plane flights.

0:38.0

Speaking of which, I have to go get on a plane.

0:40.0

All right, then let's do this.

0:42.0

Welcome back. on a plane. All right then let's do this.

0:46.0

Welcome back to with her. Hillary Clinton's official campaign podcast.

0:48.0

I'm Maxlinsky. My guest today is Nick Merrill.

0:51.0

He's Hillary's traveling spokesman and we met at this small airport in New York just

0:55.1

before he and Hillary were headed off for yet another rally.

0:59.1

As you heard, Nick's done that a couple of times.

1:01.0

In fact, he's been with her since 2009 when she was Secretary of State

1:04.0

and he's been with her from the very first day of this presidential campaign which was

1:08.4

over 500 days ago even though Nick has been on the road for what feels like forever.

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